Over the past four decades, Astraea has devoted over $31,000,000 to grassroots activists in nearly half the world. From Missoula, Montana to Cape Town, South Africa, we’ve supported countless struggles and successes in LGBTQI human rights. To learn more about the passionate activists behind these movements for gender, racial, economic, and social justice, take our interactive globe for a spin!

THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity.

THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity.

THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity.

A donation to Astraea reaches across the globe, fueling campaigns for constitutional protections, combating forced “rehabilitation” clinics for lesbians, and fighting for the right for self-determination for trans people. Very few foundations are supporting the crucial work of LGBTI activists in the U.S. and around the globe—in fact, 0.2% of all foundation dollars nationally support these issues.

International Fund

Astraea’s International Fund supports groups led by LGBTQI communities working for progressive social change, addressing oppression based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression, and advancing work for racial, economic and gender justice.

Twenty years old this year, Astraea’s International Fund supports grassroots LGBTQI organizations around the world in their efforts to make lasting social change. We partner with LGBTQI groups who have limited access to funding, prioritizing support for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women, trans and gender non-conforming people, and/or intersex people; and communities that have been historically marginalized within LGBTQI movements.

We provide flexible, core support funds for LGBTQI groups to pursue their own agendas, addressing multiple issues and using multiple strategies. We also have a dedicated stream of funding for timely legal, policy and institutional change campaigns, called the ‘Social Change Opportunity Fund.’

We accept proposals in English, Spanish, French, Chinese and Russian. We make grants with the support of our International Advisory Board, a body of nearly 40 LGBTQI activists who are connected to LGBTQI and feminist movements globally and inform our grantmaking strategies and decisions.

Application Process: Astraea makes grants in our International Fund in two application cycles per year. Astraea staff is now reviewing the Letters of Interest (LOIs) that were submitted by July 31, 2017 and will communicate with applicants by December 2017.

For future LOI cycles, we will be moving our application process online. We will stop reviewing LOIs until May of 2018. We will be open to receiving LOIs between May 2018 and August 2018 and we will notify applicants by January 2019.

We thank you in advance for your understanding and patience. Our goal is to have a better system that will make better use of your time and help our team be more efficient.

Astraea is a public foundation that raises funds every year for our grantmaking activities. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide grants to all groups that meet our criteria. We make decisions based on our values and priorities, as well as an analysis of the funding landscape to determine where Astraea’s support can be most impactful.

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THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. We support brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. We work for racial, economic, social, and gender justice, because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity.